Overseas Development Institute
About us

Internal migration. Source: ODI/Priya Deshingkar
School children in Bangladesh Source: flickr/phitar

ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.

 

Organisational information

Director: Simon Maxwell CBE
Company Secretary: Moira Malcolm
Council Chair:
Lord Adair Turner (Full list of Council Members)
Company Number:  00661818
Charity Registration Number: 228248

As a registered charity, the Institute is supported by grants and donations from research foundations, international organisations, NGOs and business. ODI is a OneWorld partner and a member of EUFORIC.

Our Annual Report is available in the publications section of this site.

For contact details, please visit the contacts page.

 

Our staff and structure

ODI is organised into the following groups and programmes. Visit the research areas page to find out about the research areas in the list and the Staff Directory to find details on a member of staff.

 Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)
    Conflict, civilian security and transnational contexts
    The evolving architecture of humanitarian action
    Crisis contexts and humanitarian responses
    Humanitarian concepts, principles and debates
 International Economic Development Group (IEDG)  
    Business and Development Performance
    Investment and Growth
    Trade Policy
    Aid and International Finance
 Poverty and Public Policy Group (PPPG)  
    Aid and Public Finance (CAPE)
    Growth and Equity
    Politics and Governance
    Rights in Action
    Social Development and Family Policy
 Research and Policy in Development (RAPID)
    Communications
    Facilities
    IT
    Partnerships and Capacity Development
    Research
 Rural Policy and Governance Group (RPGG)
    Forests, Environment and
    Climate Change Programme (FECC)
    Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural
    Growth Programme (PLAG)
    Tourism Programme
    Social Protection
    Water Policy Programme (WPP)
 Operations
    Human Resources
    Finance